Singapore held Myanmar to a 1-1 draw in a closed-door friendly at Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Playing in an empty stadium, Singapore conceded a goal by Aung Thu in the 69th minute.<\/p>\n
It looked like the Lions were suffering a disappointing defeat, however, they managed to conjure up a late goal by substitute Nazrul Nazari\u2019s volley in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
In the post-match press conference, Singapore head coach V. Sundramoorthy expressed his satisfaction with the team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
“Overall, we were the better team,” Sundram noted. “We had the better chances and more possession. But they (Myanmar) hit us on the break because our corner was not delivered.<\/p>\n
“Most importantly, we hit the target a few times and the boys are in good spirits,\u201d said Sundram, as quoted by The Straits Times.<\/a><\/p>\n Singapore will host Argentina<\/a> in a high-profile friendly at the National Stadium on June 13, three days after the AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Chinese Taipei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Singapore held Myanmar to a 1-1 draw in a closed-door friendly at Jalan Besar Stadium on Tuesday. Playing in an empty stadium, Singapore conceded a goal by Aung Thu in the 69th minute. It looked like the Lions were suffering a disappointing defeat, however, they managed to conjure up a late goal by substitute Nazrul Nazari\u2019s volley in stoppage time. In the post-match press conference, Singapore head coach V. Sundramoorthy expressed his satisfaction with the team\u2019s performance. “Overall, we were the better team,” Sundram noted. “We had the better chances and more possession. But they (Myanmar) hit us on the break because our corner was not delivered. “Most importantly, we … Continue reading “Singapore drew 1-1 to Myanmar in a closed-door friendly”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":4298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[855,26],"tags":[109,813,416,107,108,500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}